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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (3623)1/6/2008 2:55:43 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
<<<It doesn't take a libertarian to be aghast at the prospect of having unwanted medical care imposed on one.>>>

As with almost anything, there are gray areas.

I don't know what to do when a kid doesn't want to go to school, but I still think going to school should be mandatory.

I assume that drafting people into the military during a national emergency would be a libertarian issue, and you may have a point.

But providing health care to everyone could even have a pretty good practical if not philosophical (not seeing people sick in the streets)rationale:

Amebiasis
Anthrax
Arboviral Infections
Babesiosis
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chancroid
Chickenpox
Chlamydia
Cholera
Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA)
Coxsackie Virus
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclospora Infection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Dengue Fever
Diphtheria
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ehrlichiosis
Epstein-Barr Virus
E. coli O157:H7
Fifth Disease
German Measles
Giardiasis
Glanders
Gonorrhea Gonococcal Infection
Granuloma Inguinale
Haemophilus Influenza Type B
Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
Hansen's Disease
Hantavirus Infections
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A and Food Service Workers
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis Surveillance and Reporting
Herpes II, herpes simplex virus (HSV)
Herpes Simplex Virus in the Newborn
Histoplasmosis
Human Papillomavirus (HPV, genital or venereal warts)
Impetigo
Infectious Mononucleosis
Influenza
Kawasaki Syndrome
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Lice (Pediculosis)
Listeriosis
Lockjaw
Lyme Disease
Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal Disease
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CA-MRSA), Community-Associated
Mumps
Mycoplasma Infection
Nongonococcal Urethritis
Norwalk Virus Infection
Parvovirus
Pediculosis (Lice)
Pertussis
Pinworm Infection
Plague
Pneumococcal Disease
Poliomyelitis
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabies
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV)
Ringworm
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella
Salmonellosis
Scabies
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Shigellosis
Shingles
Smallpox
Sporotrichosis
Streptococcal Infections
Swimmer's Itch
Syphilis
Tetanus
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
Typhoid Fever
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
Varicella
Viral Meningitis
West Nile Virus
Whooping Cough
Yellow Fever
Yersiniosis
Zoonoses - Diseases that can be spread from animals to humans under natural conditions.
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